AMERICAN STEVEDORES, INC. v. PORELLO ET AL. (1947)

AMERICAN STEVEDORES, INC. v. PORELLO ET AL.
	Term: 1946
Important Dates
	Argued: December 11, 1946
	Decided: March 10, 1947
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
	Felix Frankfurter • Frederick Vinson

AMERICAN STEVEDORES, INC. v. PORELLO ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1947. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1946.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 330 U.S. 446
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.